Chapter Summaries

Shen Yun used the Primordial Creation Heavenly Technique to break the Golden-winged Great Peng King's movement art and reveal his true body. As the demon king faced defeat, he opened a Space Wormhole to an unknown destination.

• Shen Yun stopped the Golden-winged Great Peng King's attempt to seize the seven demons with the Du Tian Seal and used Glimpsing Fate to anticipate his movements.
• The Golden-winged Great Peng King unleashed the Golden Peng Sky-Soaring Art, splitting into 360 afterimages as the onlookers praised his speed and ancestry.
• Shen Yun told Taotie Ancestor to move aside and unveiled the Primordial Creation Heavenly Technique, expanding his Primordial Chaos Law into 360 paths.
• Shen Yun's laws shattered all 360 afterimages and exposed the Golden-winged Great Peng King's true body, breaking his myth of invincibility.
• The Golden-winged Great Peng King opened a passage through space, and Azure Dragon identified it as a Space Wormhole.

Shen Yun pursued the seven demons through a Space Wormhole and unleashed the perfected Great Five Elements Dao, killing six and grievously wounding the Golden-winged Great Peng King. The injured king fell into the Boundless Sea before the First Dao Lord and a Demon Venerable, who recognized the power behind the attack and suspected Shen Yun.

• The Golden-winged Great Peng King burned his cultivation to open a wormhole and led the seven demons into the Boundless Sea as they taunted Shen Yun.
• Shen Yun followed despite warnings about the wormhole and fused his five layers of mana, breaking through to the Ninth Heaven of Spirit Transformation.
• Shen Yun struck through the wormhole with Five Elements Immortal Light, killing the six Ancient Variants and crushing Bifang Ancestor.
• The Golden-winged Great Peng King recognized Shen Yun's perfected Great Five Elements Dao, exhausted his defenses, and was blasted out of the wormhole, badly wounded.
• The Golden-winged Great Peng King fell between the First Dao Lord and a Demon Venerable, while the First Dao Lord suspected Shen Yun had unleashed the attack.

Old Ancestor Pojun learned that Shen Yun had defeated the ten great Demon Venerables and crippled the Golden-winged Great Peng King. Faced with the danger of attacking Great Qian, Pojun abandoned his advance and agreed to seek instructions from the Great Emperor.

• The First Dao Lord reflected on Fang Tianyi's Five Elements Great Dao and recognized Shen Yun as an even more terrifying talent.
• Old Ancestor Pojun used the Spring of Life to stabilize the Golden-winged Great Peng King's grievous wounds, but the king had fallen in realm and could not recover his lost lifespan.
• The Golden-winged Great Peng King revealed that Shen Yun, not Fang Tianyi, had defeated the Demon Venerables.
• The First Dao Lord stepped aside and invited Old Ancestor Pojun to continue toward Central Continent, but Pojun hesitated at the threat posed by Great Qian and Shen Yun.
• The Golden-winged Great Peng King urged Pojun to seek the Great Emperor's instructions, and the two Demon powerhouses withdrew.

After defeating the rebels and protecting Great Qian, Shen Yun hosted friends and powerful elders at Starfall Pavilion while nobles showered him with gifts. The gathering ended with Wu Sheng Old Ancestor warning that the mysterious National Teacher might come from Liang Yi Palace, prompting Azure Dragon to urge extreme caution.

• Kings, marquises, and nobles returned to the capital, praised Shen Yun, and brought rare treasures to Starfall Pavilion, where Shen Wude guarded the entrance and collected the gifts.
• Shen Yun held a banquet for his friends, including Shen Qingruo, Guan Hanshan, Murong Jiu, and Wu Tianyin, who thanked him and spoke of their future paths.
• Wu Sheng Old Ancestor, Old Grand Sorceress, Jian Wushuang, and other elders gathered at a separate banquet, where Old Grand Sorceress warned that Dugu Galuo remained a threat.
• Wu Sheng Old Ancestor told the elders that the National Teacher might be from Liang Yi Palace, and Azure Dragon warned Shen Yun not to be careless if that was true.

Wu Sheng Old Ancestor explained the Liang Yi Palace’s history of using Essence Harvesting to plunder others’ cultivation, and Shen Yun deduced that Dugu Galuo planned to use Qian Yuan and his son to seize Great Gan’s Fortune. When the Old Grand Sorceress asked who should inherit the throne, Shen Yun chose Wu Xining and said Qian Yuan’s line should step aside.

• Wu Sheng Old Ancestor revealed that the Liang Yi Palace had once practiced Essence Harvesting through the Tai Su Yin Yang He Qi Scripture, provoking a backlash that nearly destroyed the sect.
• Shen Yun used the Book of Zhou Tian Yan Dao to deduce that Dugu Galuo came from the Liang Yi Palace and intended to have Qian Yuan refine Great Gan’s national fortune before plundering it.
• Wu Sheng Old Ancestor suggested that Dugu Galuo had captured the First Prince to use his extraordinary bloodline and Fortune as a tool.
• Shen Yun privately suspected that Bai Fasheng and the Joyful Union Sect were connected to the crisis involving the two sects that cultivated Yin and Yang.
• The Old Grand Sorceress asked Shen Yun who should inherit Great Gan’s throne, and he named Wu Xining while urging Qian Yuan’s line to stand aside.

Jian Wushuang recounted how Emperor Qianyuan’s interference separated Lord Wu'an and Princess Yuyan, revealing Wu Xining’s imperial lineage and prompting Great Gan’s officials to support her succession. Wu Xining was proclaimed Emperor Qianning, while Dugu Galuo and several uninvited guests secretly entered the Central Continent.

• Jian Wushuang told Shen Yun and the others that Lord Wu'an and Princess Yuyan had fallen in love, but Emperor Qianyuan separated them to protect Great Gan’s legitimacy.
• Jian Wushuang explained that Princess Yuyan fled to the Boundless Sea, while Lord Wu'an later perished during a heavenly tribulation.
• The Old Grand Sorceress decided to support Wu Xining as Great Gan’s new emperor, and Marquis Tian Ce agreed that Shen Yun’s backing made her succession certain.
• The imperial decree proclaimed Wu Xining as Emperor Qianning, opened the Secret Realms, spread cultivation methods, and exempted Great Gan’s citizens from taxes for a year.
• Dugu Galuo and several uninvited guests quietly crossed from the Boundless Sea into the Central Continent.

Dugu Galuo brought Gan Changkong and the demonesses Xuan Shuang and Su Xue to Great Qian’s Upper Capital to refine Tianming Prefecture’s Dragon Vein. She warned the demonesses to keep their distance from Shen Yun, but they secretly planned to pursue him and other people with special constitutions.

• Gan Changkong feared that Liang Yi Palace would harvest his yang energy and admitted that he had received no help from Great Qian.
• Dugu Galuo said that Qianyuan was dead and the Du Tian Seal had fallen into Shen Yun’s hands, making the Dragon Vein their priority.
• Gan Changkong praised Shen Yun’s constitution to tempt Xuan Shuang and Su Xue, but Dugu Galuo suppressed him with her Divine Sense and warned the women to avoid Shen Yun.
• Xuan Shuang and Su Xue agreed to ignore Dugu Galuo’s warning and seek Shen Yun and others with special constitutions while the Dragon Vein was being collected.
• Dugu Galuo entered Upper Capital with Gan Changkong, and Xuan Shuang and Su Xue flew toward the imperial palace to investigate.

Wu Xining continued ruling Great Gan while Shen Yun encouraged her to protect the realm until peace returned, then set out to reshape its destiny. After awakening the Dragon Vein and earning the people’s gratitude, Shen Yun’s actions left Dugu Galuo stunned at the Source of the Luo River.

• Wu Xining heard reports on her new policies and resolved to keep ruling Great Gan until the realm was at peace.
• Shen Yun visited Wu Xining, blessed her chosen path, and left the palace to reshape Great Gan’s destiny.
• Shen Yun used the Qi Gazing Art to reach the Dao realm and perceive the Dragon Vein’s mysteries.
• Shen Yun used the Dutian Ancient Seal to awaken the Dragon Vein, and people across the nineteen prefectures saw him uphold Great Gan’s destiny and bowed to him.
• Dugu Galuo reached the Source of the Luo River and was astonished to find its Grotto-heaven empty.

Dugu Galuo killed Gan Changkong after her plan to seize the Dragon Vein failed, then learned from Li Shaobai that Shen Yun had taken it with a Destiny Artifact. The Dragon Vein restored Great Qian’s fortune in Upper Capital, while Xuan Shuang and Su Xue turned their attention to a black-clad young man.

• Dugu Galuo killed Gan Changkong and let the Luo River swallow his body.
• Li Shaobai appeared before Dugu Galuo and said he had not taken the Dragon Vein; Shen Yun had used a Destiny Artifact to claim it.
• Dugu Galuo decided not to oppose Shen Yun and departed, while Li Shaobai headed for Upper Capital City.
• The Central Continent Dragon Vein merged with Great Qian’s fortune, and the people praised Shen Yun as ministers celebrated the restoration.
• Xuan Shuang and Su Xue watched the Dragon Vein’s return, judged Shen Yun too powerful to fight, and fixed their attention on a black-clad young man riding a fierce tiger.

Shen Qiu and Azure Venerable were ambushed by Xuan Shuang and Su Xue, but Shen Qiu returned after Azure Venerable tried to help him escape. He then spotted Shen Yun watching from the trees, leaving him overwhelmed with embarrassment.

• Azure Venerable decided to act inside Canglan Hall, but Xuan Shuang appeared and attacked Shen Qiu and the White-browed Tiger.
• Azure Venerable took over Shen Qiu's body and used a Divine Bridge to escape Xuan Shuang's chains, but Su Xue appeared and froze the sky with her jade ruler.
• Azure Venerable sent Shen Qiu away and stayed behind to face Xuan Shuang and Su Xue, who recognized her Nine Nether Spirit Body and planned to capture her.
• Shen Qiu returned with his demon blade and stood beside Azure Venerable, declaring that he would not flee or fear death.
• Shen Qiu noticed Shen Yun watching from a tree and was overcome with embarrassment.

Shen Yun arrived as Shen Qiu faced Xuan Shuang and Su Xue, two elders of Liang Yi Palace, and revealed that his aura concealment had reached an extraordinary level. After the women attacked him with the Path of Six Desires, he vanished from their perception and appeared behind them, leaving Azure Venerable to recognize his technique as Stand on Ground Without Shadow.

• Shen Qiu refused Azure Venerable’s suggestion that he admit defeat to Shen Yun, while Xuan Shuang and Su Xue realized they could not sense Shen Yun’s aura.
• Shen Yun identified Azure Venerable as a Spirit Body and searched the Azure Dragon Ring for Old Man Ming Feng, who grew angry when Shen Yun ignored him again.
• Xuan Shuang and Su Xue invoked Liang Yi Palace’s name and asked Shen Yun to show mercy, but he told them to surrender if they wanted to survive.
• Xuan Shuang and Su Xue unleashed the Path of Six Desires against Shen Yun, but their attacks struck empty air after he disappeared.
• Shen Qiu saw Shen Yun standing behind the unaware women, and Azure Venerable identified the feat as Stand on Ground Without Shadow.

After breaking through in Dao Cultivation, Shen Yun swiftly defeated Xuan Shuang and Su Xue and learned that Dugu Galuo had gone to search for the Central Continent Dragon Vein. He claimed Su Xue’s soul flame and began mastering the Liang Yi Palace cultivation method to deal with Xuan Shuang, who fainted in shock.

• Shen Yun’s hidden palm strike shattered Xuan Shuang and Su Xue’s defenses and left both women defeated.
• Shen Yun questioned Xuan Shuang and Su Xue, who revealed that Dugu Galuo had gone to search for the Central Continent Dragon Vein.
• Shen Yun accepted Su Xue’s soul flame and ordered her to guard Starfall Pavilion for a thousand years.
• Shen Yun asked whether the Liang Yi Palace method could reverse cultivation plunder, then requested its cultivation method from Su Xue.
• Shen Yun mastered the method to perfection in moments, and Xuan Shuang spat blood and fainted.

Shen Yun mastered the Supreme Yin-Yang Qi Unification Art and used it to transfer Xuan Shuang’s cultivation to Taotie Ancestor, raising him to the dao integration realm. After hearing that Canglan Hall would open in a month, Shen Yun sensed a powerful clash involving the Demon Buddha near the Great Thunder Sound Temple.

• Shen Yun reached the perfect realm of the Supreme Yin-Yang Qi Unification Art, astonishing Xuan Shuang, Su Xue, and the others.
• Shen Yun summoned Taotie Ancestor and silenced Xuan Shuang when she erupted in anger.
• Shen Yun drained Xuan Shuang’s cultivation and transferred it to Taotie Ancestor, who broke through to the dao integration realm at the cost of his remaining potential.
• Shen Qiu told Shen Yun that Canglan Hall would open in one month and reveal an ancient divine-demon secret treasure.
• Shen Yun sensed the Demon Buddha clashing with another powerful figure near the Great Thunder Sound Temple.

Li Shaobai visited Great Thunder Sound Temple seeking Shen Yun, and Demon Buddha confronted him when he refused to leave. Their battle shattered the temple’s protective formation, while the monks learned that Shen Yun had arrived.

• Li Shaobai praised Demon Buddha’s cultivation and said he had come to find Shen Yun.
• Demon Buddha recognized that Li Shaobai was looking for Shen Yun and demanded that he leave.
• Li Shaobai attacked with Heavenly River Burial Sword, and Demon Buddha defended himself with Unity of God and Demon, Bodhi in a Single Thought.
• Their clash cracked Demon Buddha’s domain and shattered Great Thunder Sound Temple’s Mountain Protecting Formation.
• The monks prepared to help, but Master Mingtai stopped them, and Master Jing Yuan received Shen Yun’s message that he had arrived.

Li Shaobai fought the Demon Buddha and proved his sword arts superior, but the Demon Buddha maintained that Shen Yun surpassed him. Shen Yun arrived, saw through Li Shaobai’s external incarnation, and challenged him to bring his true self as their battle began to loom.

• Li Shaobai unleashed his Boundless Sword Domain against the Demon Buddha’s Buddha-Demon Pure Land and overwhelmed him, leaving the Demon Buddha injured.
• The Demon Buddha continued to insist that Li Shaobai’s Dao arts were inferior to those of another figure.
• Shen Yun emerged beside the Demon Buddha, and the Demon Buddha explained that Li Shaobai had come for him.
• Shen Yun identified Li Shaobai as an external incarnation, while Li Shaobai recognized Shen Yun’s exceptional Qi Concealment Technique.
• Shen Yun told Li Shaobai to bring his true self and offered to wait, and Li Shaobai accepted him as a worthy opponent.

Shen Yun and Li Shaobai fought a fierce battle of laws and sword techniques, with Shen Yun gaining the upper hand through his insight and speed. As Li Shaobai unleashed his Boundless Sword Domain, Shen Yun used its pressure to strengthen his Primordial Chaos Law, while Li Shaobai mistook his advance for a trap closing successfully.

• Shen Yun and Li Shaobai clashed with their auras, and Demon Buddha recognized the extraordinary depth of their Dao comprehension.
• Shen Yun broke Li Shaobai’s sword sea and evaded his counterattacks, then used the Heavenly Mystery Daoist Method to anticipate Li Shaobai’s moves and drive him back.
• Li Shaobai unleashed Ocean Tide Birth, drawing in essence energy to expand his sword sea and trigger the Heavenly Dao’s Calamity Qi.
• Shen Yun deliberately entered the sword domain and discovered that its pressure helped thicken his Primordial Chaos Law.
• Li Shaobai restrained the sword domain’s range to lure Shen Yun closer, while Shen Yun suspected that Li Shaobai’s increasing force was helping his cultivation.

Shen Yun endured Li Shaobai’s Boundless Sword Domain and refined his Primordial Chaos Law into a three-zhang-three pillar, revealing that he was still only at the Deity Transformation Realm. Li Shaobai became determined to kill him and began burning everything he had, ending the chapter as he unleashed the Heaven Slaying Sword.

• Shen Yun withstood the Boundless Sword Domain while Li Shaobai and the Demon Buddha watched his strength grow.
• Shen Yun’s many laws fused into a refined Primordial Chaos Law, shocking Li Shaobai and the Demon Buddha with the revelation that he was only at the Deity Transformation Realm.
• Li Shaobai suspected Shen Yun was an Immortal King reincarnated and decided to kill him to seize his Dao fruit.
• Li Shaobai burned his laws, cultivation, and blood qi, causing the sea of swords and the sect-protecting formation to erupt as the monks prepared to withdraw.
• Shen Yun calmly suppressed the blood sea with his three-zhang-three law, while Li Shaobai burned his sword Dao law and unleashed the Heaven Slaying Sword.

Shen Yun defeated Li Shaobai’s incarnation with the formless Primordial Chaos Law and restored the ruined rear mountain. At Linglong Immortal Island, Li Shaobai learned of Shen Yun and resolved to kill him after obtaining the Medicine Immortal Inheritance’s Creation Immortal Pill.

• Li Shaobai burned away his incarnation to unleash the True Meaning of Slaughtering Heaven, but Shen Yun’s Primordial Chaos Law blocked the strike and sealed the void fissure.
• Shen Yun explained that the Dao was formless, and Li Shaobai’s incarnation withered away after declaring they would meet again.
• Shen Yun used Primordial Chaos Creation to restore the rear mountain, then departed to cultivate in seclusion; the Demon Buddha marveled at his talent.
• At Linglong Immortal Island, Li Shaobai received his incarnation’s memories and judged Shen Yun a possible opportunity to become an immortal.
• Li Shaobai learned that the Medicine Immortal Inheritance would soon emerge and vowed to kill Shen Yun after using its Creation Immortal Pill to recover to the peak of He Dao.

Shen Yun and the White Deer Mountain Chief concluded a hundred-day chess game that they treated as a discussion of the Dao, calling it a draw. The Old Grand Sorceress then warned Shen Yun that the Demon Court was moving around the Canglan Hall Secret Realm and that Emperor Golden Crow would act.

• Bai Qian, Li Xiandao, and Situ Jing watched Shen Yun and the White Deer Mountain Chief’s hundred-day game and wondered at its connection to the Dao.
• The Old Grand Sorceress explained that the Mountain Chief had reached Unity of Heaven and Man and that the two men were using chess to test their Daoist arts.
• Shen Yun and the Mountain Chief played a rapid final sequence of moves, and the Old Grand Sorceress asked who had won.
• Shen Yun called the game a draw, saying neither player had been competing for victory.
• The Old Grand Sorceress told Shen Yun that the Demon Court had been making unusual moves around the Canglan Hall Secret Realm and that Emperor Golden Crow would take part.
• Shen Yun recalled Shen Qiu’s earlier words and said the Canglan Hall situation had become interesting.

Shen Yun warned Great Qian away from the dangers in Canglan Hall, then used insights from a chess game to advance his cultivation in seclusion. After forty-nine days, he became a Dao Lord, while the purple qi around Starfall Pavilion strengthened those nearby.

• Shen Yun explained that the rumors about Canglan Hall and the Kun Clan were likely a trap, and the others abandoned plans to investigate.
• Shen Qiu sailed toward the Boundless Sea and declared that Azure Wave Palace should prepare to welcome him.
• After Shen Yun left White Deer Academy, the Old Grand Sorceress and White Deer Mountain Chief discussed his influence and the unfinished chess game.
• Shen Yun began closed-door cultivation, incorporating insights about outside Daos and reaching Unity of Heaven and Man.
• After forty-nine days, Shen Yun's breakthrough produced purple qi that disturbed powerful cultivators across the continent and advanced Jian Wushuang, Shen Wude, and Shen Qingruo.
• Shen Yun emerged above Upper Capital City and announced that he had become a Dao Lord.